Finn Geipel

Geipel studied architecture from 1981 to 1987 at the University of Stuttgart. In 1983, together with Bernd Hoge and Jochen Hunger, he founded Labfac, Laboratory for Architecture, a network of architects and artists. In 1987, collaboration with Nicolas Michelin began a new chapter of Labfac in Paris. In 2001, Finn Geipel and Giulia Andi founded the architecture and urban planning office LIN. Based in Berlin and Paris, the office works on a wide range of projects and research assignments throughout Europe. Recent projects include the renovation of Saint-Nazaire submarine bunker, the Cité du Design in St. Etienne and Grand Paris Métropole Douce. Finn Geipel is a full-time professor of architecture and building science in the architecture department at Technische Universität Berlin, since 2000. He is the advisor of the Laboratory for Integrative Architecture (LIA), a research branch of LIN at Technische Universität Berlin. He has been a visiting professor at École Spéciale d'Architecture (ESA) Paris, Escola Tècnica Superior d'Arquitectura (ESARQ) Barcelona, Columbia University New York and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Boston-Cambridge. Since 2012, Finn Geipel has been a member of the Cluster of Excellence at Humboldt University of Berlin. Finn Geipel is a member of the AIGP-Atelier International du Grand Paris, the scientific advisory board of the Grand Paris Métropole Douce.

• Flexible Roof of Arena, Nîmes, France (1989) • École Nationale d’Arts Décoratifs, Limoges, France (1990–1994) • Théâtre de Cornouaille, Quimper, France (1991–1998) • Exhibitionspace Pavillon de l’Arsenal, Paris, France (2003) • Alvéole 14, Transformation Submarine Bunker, St. Nazaire, France (2003–2007) • Syn chron, Installation Carsten Nicolai, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany (2005) • Cité du Design, St. Etienne, France (2004–2009) • Grand Paris Métropole Douce, Paris, France (2008–2009) • Atelier Building Pajol, Paris, France (2008–2012) • Bagneux–Lucie Aubrac Paris Métro station, Paris, France, 2022

• Official Website of LIN